Motorola gnu/linux phones

[Thomas Charron]

  David,

    He was specifically asking about the GPL v3 which actually does
have clauses and in part, it is the intent.

  Thomas

On 8/11/07, David A. Desrosiers <setuid at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-08-11 at 14:25 +0200, mr wrote:
> > So, i won't be able to run my own version of linux and be able to use
> > all the features? Would that not violate the gplv3?
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> I'm reasonably confident that this was not the intent of the GPL, or of
> GPLv3. There is no provision that says the vendor must make it possible
> for you to run your _own_ version of Linux on the same phone, with all
> of the features.
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> It just states that if they ship the phone with GPL components, you must
> be given access to the source of those GPL components, as part of the
> license they agreed to when they decided to use them in their solution.
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-- Thomas